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Issue: Cosmo the Merry Martian #1
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi
First Line: How does it feel, Orbi, to know that in ten minutes we’ll be the first Martians to blast off for Earth?
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #24 [Direct Edition] published February 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #25 [Direct Edition] published March 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #26 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #27 [Direct Edition] published May 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #28 [Direct Edition] published June 2013
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Flying saucers! Earth satellite! Rocket to the moon!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; Astra; Professor Thimk
Synopsis: Cosmo and his cowardly pal Orbi are chosen to man the first Martian expedition to Earth, but the rocket crash-lands on the Earth's moon instead.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as Destination: Earth! (Chapter 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Z9 'n' Z7
First Line: What do you want to do today, Z9?
Synopsis: The two heads of a double-headed alien can't agree on their plans for the day.
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Feature(s): Squarehead
Character(s): Squarehead
Synopsis: Squarehead blows bubbles in the shape of cubes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No dialogue.
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Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
Synopsis: Cosmo and Orbi meet the creatures who live on the Earth's moon, all of whom are named "Oog." The Moonlings show the visitors their civilization, and explain that they are invisible to Earth people.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Archie Quarter Comics Have Laugh Appeal

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various (illustrations)
Inker(s): various (illustrations)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Order form for six Archie Giant and Annual comics.
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Heavens Above

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Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Information about different aspects of our solar system and the universe beyond.
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Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings
Synopsis: After spraying Cosmo and Orbi with "comet dust" so they, too, will be invisible on Earthlings, the Moonlings take the Martians to Earth, where they observe the planet's most fascinating and complex activity: a baseball game.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #23 [Newsstand] published January 2013
as Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The issue ends by teasing the events of the next issue's story, a format that would continue throughout the series.
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Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various novelty items.
Inside back cover.
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Jet "Rocket" Space Ship!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; ad for a 6-foot fibreboard space ship, from Honor House Products.

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